Just...stuff

The finger: It is still attached and I think it is healing well. From time to time it hurts, and I fear an infection, but no troubles thus far. [knock on wood] Bruised-looking and stiff from being immobile, but pretty darned good.

Brian is now on 2 antibiotics after the ear flushing. Called the doc yesterday - early - to tell him the flushing didn't do the trick, what next? Any free clinic suggestions? What, what, what? Doc prescribed Azithromycin 250mg - "a full course of AB therapy in 5 days," and Methylprednisolone 4mg. One was for possible fluid in the inner ear/ear infection, the other was for sinus infection? Seems sort of spotty guess work - or am I just being critical again? Why prescribe massive doses of antibiotics without some certainty that is what it will take?

Karl finally had his first day of class - and still we were given incorrect information! The class number (for the change in day/location/building) was wrong, and when we got to the classroom door, it was locked - with no lights on inside! Talk about frustrating. Nobody in sight at the 'help desk', and no signs for further direction/etc., and no one to answer the only phone number I had to call!!! So, we walked back to the lobby and stood for a few minutes (while I calmed down), and finally a girl appeared out of nowhere and asked, "Are you here for a CE class?" Um, yeah.

I told her where things were horribly wrong (as if she didn't already have a clue), and she lead us to a completely different end of the basement! Not room 1004, but room 004! So he missed about 15 minutes (mostly introduction and class expectation stuff).

CCS never mailed his ID or anything, so the instructor had to open a Mac for him with her ID. Hopefully, they will fill in the rest of the cracks and get him an ID - toot sweet. Seriously? Turnes out his ID and parking pass were at the other location (the one CCS scrubbed when they moved the class to the old facility! Um, hello? Shall we think about what it is we are doing??

Karl did a pretty good job after all the false starts, and she (Kim, the instructor) was very good with him, so I am not concerned over Karl being able to keep up. (for him it will be listening and sticking with the class instruction when it feels slow, and hearing her give instructions on next steps and then doing it and not just goofing around on something he wants to create. oh, and getting the HW assignment information.)

Not for nothin', but the instructor's PC wouldn't work, either. So CCS has a lot to fix before next week.

Yikes!